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Loading ...The Tourism Sustainability Scorecard / La Ficha de Evaluación de Sostenibilidad Turística
Thursday, May 28th, 2009From the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB): IDB releases sustainability scorecard for private sector tourism projects Interactive online tool enables assessment of sustainability dimensions of proposed projects The Inter-American Development Bank today released a new Tourism Sustainability Scorecard, an interactive tool developed to ensure that the IDB’s investments in private sector tourism projects maximize social, economic, […]
Nominate a LAC Candidate for the Tourism for Tomorrow Awards
Saturday, September 20th, 2008The deadline for nominating candidates for these awards is 15 December. There are many worthy candidates in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) — my friends at Barbados Free Press, for example, have suggested a worthy one in the hopes that such an award will help boost tourism on that island. I am not going […]
Eco-certification for Tourism – The Role of Green Globe, Part I
Sunday, September 10th, 2006In my friend Jaime’s essay on sustainable tourism, he said: It is necessary to change, tighten and to enforce the parameters of environmental requirements. In addition to sanctions, the creation of an environmental movement should be encouraged, in association with private international organizations like Green Globe or Blue Flag that conduct independent audits and establish […]